Radio+Television Business Report

A Spanish-language Christian-themed radio station using a Class D AM radio station with a broadcast tower just southwest of the Gandy Bridge connecting St. Petersburg and Tampa is being sold. What does the future hold for "Genesis 680"?

The NAB Digital Leadership Award is given to an individual at a broadcast station, group or network who has had a significant leadership role in the digital success of a broadcast business leveraging new and emerging technologies.

Brendan Carr, soon to be the FCC's Chairman, suggested to FOX News Channel's Dana Perino that the pending acquisition of National Amusements, Inc.'s shares in Paramount Global by Skydance will undergo scrutiny based on claims CBS News manipulated interviews with Vice President Kamala Harris, resulting in "distortion."

The founder and owner of a broadcast television station licensee in Indiana has agreed to make a civil penalty to wipe the slate clean with the FCC over a matter that involves the unauthorized operation of a digital replacement translator for its home for The CW Network in Indianapolis.

The Alliance for Women in Media (AWM) on Tuesday celebrated the achievements of eight trailblazing leaders at its Gracies Leadership Awards. The President and Publisher of Radio Ink and RBR+TVBR was among the honorees, who were celebrated with special Times Square display messages.

As forthcoming FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sees it, the nation's airwaves are a public resource. Retired communications attorney Erwin Krasnow couldn't disagree more. In fact, in May 2011 he penned a report for The Media Institute that established the argument that the broadcast public interest standard may not be in the public interest after all.

A Jonesboro, Ark., radio broadcasting company is picking up the pieces after vandals tore through a transmitter building, causing extreme damage.

He has had a highly visible presence at LPTV Broadcasters Association events in Las Vegas tied to the NAB Show of late. Now, Jeff Winemiller is making news for his decision to sell two LPTV properties. One of the buyers is the parent of the MeTV Network. The other is the nation's No. 1 owner of broadcast TV stations.

Its shares are up by 16.2% in value, defying the ominous prognostications of Soohyung Kim that the company would flail without moving forward under his direction and board orchestrations. Given its fiscal health compared to its peers,TEGNA's Board of Directors had no qualms in declaring a regular quarterly dividend of note.

For the past 17 years she has served as President/GM of Hearst Television's ABC affiliate serving Milwaukee. It is now official: she's retiring at the end of 2024, concluding a career that includes positions in seven major markets and spanning four decades.

Reyes Media Group has established itself as the dominant source of Spanish-language audio entertainment and information for Kansas City's growing Hispanic community. Now, the FCC is being asked to approve the transfer of 50% ownership in the company to an estate, following the February death of the family matriarch.

The company that runs Estrella Media's Hispanic-focused radio, TV and digital content creation and distribution operation and over-the-air audio brands serving multicultural audiences across the New York Tri-State area has released a third quarter earnings report largely reflective of the new dollar sources contributing to the company's bottom line.

After 40 years of leadership at WISC-3, its leader will retire at the end of 2024. It marks the conclusion of what Morgan Murphy Media calls "a sweeping and successful career as a broadcasting executive, entrepreneur, interim executive and board member for major media, healthcare, digital, for-profit and non-profit organizations."

The dynamic worlds of media and technology are converging at breakneck speed. How can broadcast organizations not only keep up with the changes, but also strategically get the edge on the competition? An individual who has helped to make the CES conference a must-attend for radio and TV industry leaders discussed this at Forecast 2025. 

Multi-channel advertising platform StackAdapt is partnering with the owner of the Crave OTT platform that's home to HBO programming in Canada — as well as MVPD-distributed sports network TSN and broadcast network CTV — to enable its premium inventory across connected TV, display, video, digital out-of-home and audio channels.

"Ambitious" small and medium-sized businesses seeking to grow their consumer base, and sales, turned to multiscreen television across the first half of 2024 to achieve measurable results. In fact, new VAB data indicate some 169 first-time TV advertisers spent $380 million through June 30 of this year across some 43 categories.

The latest installment of "The Gauge" from Nielsen indicates that the broadcast category exhibited 7% monthly growth and added 1.4 share points in October to finish at 24.0% of total time spent watching television—its largest monthly share of TV since January.

Aiir Product Specialist Lee Price, who becomes product lead, commented, "We’re expanding our AI offering and rebranding Radio News AI to Audio.co with the introduction of a powerful new commercial production toolset."

Jācapps, the Jacobs brothers radio mobile app-focused business, has rolled out a new product in association with their Jacobs Media research company that "takes radio clients on a journey to generate revenue by just having an app with an audience."

AI-powered creative audio studio Wondercraft is partnering with audio management platform Frequency on an integration initiative designed to let brands and media publishers produce and deploy personalized audio ad campaigns at scale.